Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XII., sentence 40
Here, then, the story of the conquest might conclude, but that the indefatigable chronicler, Fray Antonio Agapida, goes on to record the fate of those persons who were most renowned in the enterprise.
Who acts: story · What happens: conclude, go on, record, renown, fate · To what, where: fate, persons, enterprise
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XII.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (story), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 conclude | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Here | punct |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 conclude | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 then | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 story | det |
| 6 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 conclude | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 conquest | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 conquest | det |
| 9 | conquest | conquest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 story | nmod |
| 10 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 conclude | aux |
| 11 | conclude | conclude | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 goes | punct |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 23 goes | cc |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 chronicler | mark |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 chronicler | det |
| 16 | indefatigable | indefatigable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 chronicler | amod |
| 17 | chronicler | chronicler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 goes | advcl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 chronicler | punct |
| 19 | Fray | Fray | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 chronicler | appos |
| 20 | Antonio | Antonio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Fray | flat |
| 21 | Agapida | Agapida | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Fray | flat |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 chronicler | punct |
| 23 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 conclude | conj |
| 24 | on | on | ADV | _ | 23 goes | advmod |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 record | mark |
| 26 | record | record | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 goes | advcl |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 fate | det |
| 28 | fate | fate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 record | obj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 persons | case |
| 30 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 31 persons | det |
| 31 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 fate | nmod |
| 32 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 renowned | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 renowned | aux:pass |
| 34 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 35 renowned | nsubj:pass |
| 35 | renowned | renown | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 persons | acl:relcl |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 enterprise | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 enterprise | det |
| 38 | enterprise | enterprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 renowned | obl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 conclude | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conclude | might | the story of the conquest | here | then | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | go on | present | the story of the conquest not said here | the indefatigable chronicler advcl | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | record | to-infinitive | the story of the conquest not said here | the fate of that persons | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fate=Theme | ||||
| 4 | renown | past · passive | that persons | the enterprise | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | fate | that persons | nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Project Gutenberg book 77685 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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